Bottle



(No Model.)

F. T. FERNANDEZ.

BOTTLE.

No.5s4,774. Patented June 22,1897.-

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FELIX THOMAS FERNANDEZ, OF NEWV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

'BoTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,774, dated June 22,1897. Application filed August 26,1896. Serial No. 603,929. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX THOMAS FER- NANDEZ, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans andState of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof, in which similarnumerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels; andthe object thereof is to provide an improved vessel of this class whichhaving been once filled and sealed cannot be emptied of its contentswithout leavin g evidence of the fact,

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which I have shown myinvention applied to a bottle, said drawing being a central verticalsection of the upper part of a bottle and the neck thereof provided withmy improvement.

In the practice of my invention I provide a bottle or other vessel 5,having a neck 6, around the lower end of which is an annular shoulder orprojection '7, on which is formed a screw-thread, and the neck isenlarged centrally thereof, so as to form a globular portion, as shownat 8, above which the neck is preferably straight, and said upperportion of the neck is adapted to be closed by a stopper 9.

The stopper 9 consists of a short tube of cork or similar material, intowhich is inserted a plug 10, of glass, which is enlarged at the upperend thereof, and I also provide a metal cap or plate 11, to which issecured a ring 12, and said cap or plate 11 is secured in place over thestopper or on the top thereof by a number of wire fastening devices 13,which extend downwardly along the sides of the upper end of the neck andover the enlarged central portion 8 thereof, and which are held in placeby a brittle glass covering 14, which incloses said enlarged centralportion of the neck and the upper end thereof and which is formed orplaced around the same by a process familiar to all thoseacquainted-With the art of glass-working, said brittle glass coveringbeing blown on or otherwise formed around the neck of the bottle andaround the said wire fastening devices 13 at the time that the bottle ismade.

Then the bottle has been filled and sealed and the plate 11 placedthereon over the stopper, the ends of the wire fastening devices arebent over said plate, as shown at 15, and secured thereto by solder orotherwise, and the said upper end of the neck of the bottle is alsopreferably provided with an annular bead 15, and the upper end of thebrittle glass covering is correspondingly formed.

It will be understood that the cover let is not seen red to the neck ofthe bottle, but is simply placed around the same, and I also provide acap or cover 17, which is closed at its upper and open at its lower end,and the lower end thereof is screw-threaded and adapted to engage withthe screw-thread formed on the annular shoulder or projection 7 at thebase of the neck, as shown at 18, and the object of said cap or cover isto protect the brittle glass covering 14 of the wire fastening devices13 and to prevent the same from being knocked off in packing andshipping the bottle.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the followingstatement thereof.

The bottle or vessel is first filled in the usual manner, after whichthe cork, plug, or stopper is forced into position, and the plate 11 isplaced thereon, and the upper ends of the wire fastening devices arethen bent over the metal cap or plate and soldered thereto, and when thecork or stopper is thus secured in place it will be impossible to removeit or pull it out without breaking off the wire fastening devices or theglass coverings 12, by which they are held in place, and this operationwill be proof of the fact that the bottle has been once filled andemptied.

It will also be understood that the cap or cover 17 may be connectedwith the vessel or secured in position whenever desired, and may also beeasily detached therefrom, this being accomplished by means of itsscrewthread connection therewith, as hereinbefore described.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A bottle or other vessel, provided With a neck, aplug or stopper, provided with a metal cap or cover adapted to close thesame, and Wire fastening devices secured to the neck by a glasscovering, the upper ends of said fastening devices being adapted to bebent over and soldered to said cap or cover on the plug or stopper,substantially as shown and described.

2. A bottle or other vessel, provided With a neck, a plug or stopper,provided with a metal cap or cover adapted to close the same, and wirefastening devices secured to the neck by a glass covering, the upperends of said fastening devices, being adapted to be bent over andsoldered to said cap or plate 011 the plug or stopper, said plug orstopper being composed of a short tube and a glass plug, and said cap orcover being formed separately therefrom, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. A bottle or other vessel, provided with a neck, a plug or stopperprovided with a metal cap or cover, said neck being also provided withan enlarged central portion, and Wire fastening devices secured to theneck by a brittle glass covering, the upper ends of said fasteningdevices being adapted to be bent over and soldered to said cap or cover,substantially as shown and described.

4. A bottle or other vessel, provided with a neck, a plug or stopper,provided With a metal cap or cover, said neck being also pro vided withan enlarged central portion, and Wire fastening devices secured to theneck by a brittle glass covering, the upper ends of said fasteningdevice being adapted to be bent over and soldered to said cap or cover,and a removable cap or cover for said neck, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 20th day of August,1896.

FELIX THOMAS FERNANDEZ. lVitnesses:

J. P. STOCKTON, JAMES CAMPBELL.

